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Surrey-Camberwell-1834

CBTM:
20781
Map Date:
1834
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5370(3)
Historic county:
Surrey
Town name:
Camberwell
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ335775
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 4077
Map title:
'Plan of the parish of St Giles, Camberwell Surrey. Revised & corrected on the perambulation in 1834. and the boundaries of the districts added together with other useful information by W.G. Poole.'
Comments on map:
Little other than boundaries and roads: much of the engraving effort went into the cartouche. Churchwardens and overseas listed below title.
Scale:
1:14,908
Map-maker:
W.G. Poole [sv], Truscott, Black Friars Road [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.5 x 37.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, other: Boundary posts.
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Welfare and charitable:
mental
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: [Only one school].
Woodland:
shown, landmark tree: [Oak of honor: pictorial].
Public/administrative boundaries:
district/division, boundary markers: [Boundary posts].
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5370(3), Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 117.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on 'altar', with tree in background and flowers around.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1866-9
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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